Distributed optical fiber sensing (DOFS) has drawn a lot of attention in the geoscience community, taking advantage of easy-to-deploy, dense-spacing, and multi-physical measurements (temperature and strain), In contrast with traditional sensors, the optical fiber itself is. More time and cost effective deployment is possible, but continued research and development efforts are necessary to. AP Sensing was founded on the heritage of HP (Hewlett-Packard), the market leader in fiber optic testing and measurement for over 40 years. Fiber optic gyroscopes are a good and relatively inexpensive alternative to a laser gyroscope with a solid perimeter. Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors – Applications to Geological Engineering and Civil Infrastructure Proceedings of the 17thPan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVII PCSMGE), and 2ndLatin-American Regional Conference of the International Association for Engineering. Unfortunately, EGS reservoirs, dominated by high temperatures and corrosive brines, are a hostile environment for classical point sensors most useful in these monitoring tasks; seismic sensors in particular have a poor track record during intermediate and long duration studies in geothermal.
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